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their favorite action and just got him in ball screens," Northwestern guard Bryant McIntosh said. "He obviously knew it was winning time, and he stepped up and got aggressive offensively and was just look- ing to make plays. To his credit, he did." Carr followed with another sterling performance against second-seeded Ohio State the next night. During the reg- ular season, he had lifted Penn State to two upset wins over the Buckeyes, scor- ing 30 points in the first game in Colum- bus, including the winning 3-pointer with one second left to play, and 25 in the rematch at the Bryce Jordan Center. At the Garden, Carr enjoyed another daz- zling night. He contributed 25 points and found Josh Reaves cutting to the basket with just 3.7 seconds remaining, an assist that led to a 69-68 victory. Stunning the crowd of more than 15,000, Carr passed up a potentially win- ning jumper from the perimeter in favor of a pass to his unimpeded teammate in the lane. As teammates and coaches noted afterward, it was yet another indi- cation of Carr's development. Chambers said he was unsure whether Carr would have made the same play earlier in the season, adding that the bonds that had been created in the Nittany Lion locker room had helped lay the groundwork for the team's triumphant moment. "I think he's got great trust in his team- mates right now and he's really emerging as a leader. You can see his confidence out there, you can see his body language out there. He's playing with a really great pace," Chambers said. "I give Tony a lot of Myles Dread has a new honor to add to his stellar senior season at Gonzaga College High. In early March, Dread was named the 2017-18 Gatorade District of Co- lumbia Boys Basket- ball Player of the Year for his per- formance this past season. Averaging 14.1 points, 4.5 re- bounds, 3.6 assists and 1.3 steals per game, he helped lift the Eagles to a spot in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship game. Al- though Gonzaga lost to DeMatha, 54- 53, in the final, Dread contributed to what The Washington Post described as some of the "best basketball" in the region. According to the Player of the Year press release, the honor "recognizes not only outstanding athletic excel- lence, but also high standards of aca- demic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field." Dread was honored as as the "Dis- trict of Columbia's best high school boys basketball player." For the season, Dread hit 42.9 per- cent of his 3-point attempts while guiding the Eagles to a 27-7 overall record. "Myles has a tremendous work ethic, which he brings to practice and games every day," said Steve Turner, head coach of Gonzaga High, via press release. "He has done a great job of bringing our young guys along in showing them what it means to be a part of our program." Dread is slated to enroll at Penn State this summer. Nittany Lions lag behind Big Ten rivals in spending In comparison to its Big Ten peers, Penn State has not typically been a big spender in men's basketball. The release earlier this month of the ath- letic department's 2016-17 NCAA Financial Report backed up the no- tion. Generating revenues of $11,376,448 while spending $6,061,590, the Penn State men's basketball program turned a profit of $5,314,858. Although Penn State was not among the Big Ten leaders in revenue gener- ated, its expenditures toward the men's basketball program have been, and likely will remain, the lowest in the conference. Its profits, based on complete numbers from 2016, would be ninth. As of this writing, the Equity in Ath- letics Data Analysis tool had not yet been updated to reflect the most re- cent numbers from every Big Ten school. But according to the 2016 data, Penn State ranked at the bottom of the Big Ten in spending on men's basketball, with expenditures of $5,900,115. In that same survey, the Nittany Lions were 10th in revenue, having generated $11, 376,448. Those figures placed the program ninth among Big Ten teams in profitability at $5,476,333. In 2014, Penn State reported itself as spending $5,342,457, while in 2015, the number was $5,658,177 on men's basketball. As such, Penn State's spending on men's basketball has increased by 5.5 percent and 6.7 percent the past two years, respec- tively. ■ Penn State signee honored as Gatorade D.C. Player of the Year DREAD B A S K E T B A L L N O T E B O O K B Y N A T E B A U E R

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